Massachusetts 

 Agricultural Experiment Station 



BULLETIN No. 237 OCTOBER, 1927 



LIMING ONIONS 



By J. P. Jones 



us A^^fKiilluul College, 



AMHfaKST. MASS. 



In the summer of 1926 many fields of set onions in the Connecticut 

 Valley onion district were found to be stunted in growth, with tips turning 

 yellow and leaves dying back. Many rather diverlse diagnoses of the 

 difficulty were made. An investigation carried on by the Experiment Sta- 

 tion, in cooperation with the Hampshire County Extension Service, 

 showed that the trouble was caused by too great acidity of the soil, a con- 

 dition which can be remedied by the use of lime. This bulletin reports 

 the results of the study, with recommendatilons of preventive measures. 



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AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



AMHERST, MASS. 



